The story behind Mùi
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 未 (SV: vị). Some dictionaries (such as Thiều Chửu's) consider it as Sino-Vietnamese, but the huyền tone is unlikely to be derived from the Middle Chinese departing tone and ui is unlikely to be a Sino-Vietnamese rhyme, compared to the likely tone and rhyme in vị. See also Tí, Mẹo, Thìn, Ngọ. Cognate with Northern Thai ᨾᩮᩢ᩠ᨯ or ᨾᩮ᩠ᨯ, Lü ᦵᦙᧆ (med), Isan มด, Lao ມົດ (mot).
Pronunciation
Vietnamese; Hà-Nội: [muj˨˩]
Regional pronunciation variants
- Vietnamese; Huế: [muj˦˩]
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Names Similar to Mùi
Chi
Sino-Vietnamese word from 芝 or 枝.
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends I
- same syllable count
- similar length
Đài
Sino-Vietnamese word from 台.
- Gender
- neutral
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends I
- same syllable count
- similar length
Hải
Sino-Vietnamese word from 海.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends I
- same syllable count
- similar length
Hoài
Sino-Vietnamese word from 懷.
- Gender
- neutral
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends I
- same syllable count
- similar length
Hợi
Sino-Vietnamese word from 亥. Cognate with Northern Thai ᨣᩱ᩶, Lü ᦺᦅᧉ (kay²), Isan ไค้, Lao ໄຄ້ (khai).
- Gender
- neutral
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends I
- same syllable count
- similar length
Lí
Sino-Vietnamese word from 理.
- Gender
- neutral
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends Í
- same syllable count
- similar length
Middle Names for Mùi
Ajisai
/adisawi/ → /ad͡ʑisai/ From Old Japanese. Recorded in the Man'yōshū of c. 759 CE with the phonetic man'yōgana spellings 味狭藍 (adisawi) and 安治佐為 (adisawi), and in the Wamyō…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends I
- balanced syllable contrast
- good length contrast
Ashita
Shift in meaning from 朝 (ashita, “next morning”), itself cognate with 朝 (asa, “morning”). The kanji spelling is from Chinese 明日 (míngrì).
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends A
- balanced syllable contrast
- good length contrast
Fubuki
The 連用形 (ren'yōkei, “stem or continuative form”) of verb 吹雪く (fubuku, “to blow violently (said of wind); to blow a snowstorm”). The kanji spelling is jukujikun…
- Gender
- feminine
- Syllables
- 3 syllables
- Ending
- ends I
- balanced syllable contrast
- good length contrast
Sibling Names for Mùi
An
Sino-Vietnamese word from 安.
- Gender
- neutral
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends N
- shared origin connection
- balanced name length
Ân
Sino-Vietnamese word from 恩.
- Gender
- neutral
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends N
- shared origin connection
- balanced name length
Ấn
Sino-Vietnamese word from 印.
- Gender
- masculine
- Syllables
- 1 syllable
- Ending
- ends N
- shared origin connection
- balanced name length